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Moomin developed a nicer snout and character and in 1939 he became a character in a children’s story. She drew her first Moomin in the 1930s, just for fun, to tease her little brother by drawing the ugliest creature she could think of. Tove studied painting in Finland, Sweden and France and later worked as a book illustrator, a designer and strip cartoonist, as well as being involved in theatre décor and making frescoes in public places. Her mother was a charicaturist and the designer of many of Finland’s stamps, and her father was a sculptor. Tove Jansson (1914 – 2001), was born in 1914 in Helingsfors, Finland. Little My? Snufkin? Sniff? If you haven't yet experienced the Moomin valley, I urge you visit it as soon as possible. Choosing a favourite character is even harder. If I had to chose a favourite, it would be Comet in Moominland. Sure, they contain charm and quirkiness, but this is coupled with insight and wisdom rare in any books, children's or otherwise. I couldn't wait to spend my birthday-present book tokens on them. (Proud, or what?) Moomin books are like nothing else I'd ever read. The fact that the Finnish publisher of my Eddie Dickens trilogy was her original publisher means more than I can say. How important are Moomin books to me as a reader, writer and (alleged) human being? When Jansson died, I dedicated the book I was writing at the time to her memory. What can I say? In early May, I'll be one of a number of guests of the Finnish Embassy and Puffin books celebrating 65 years of the remarkable Moomin books, written and illustrated by the late, great Finnish artist/illustrator/author Tove Jansson. May 2010 Guest Editor Philip Ardagh says of this book:

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